2010 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200
The 2010 Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 was the 1st stock car race of the 2010 ARCA Racing Series season, and the 49th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, February 6, 2010, in Daytona Beach, Florida at the Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 80 laps to complete. At race's end, Bobby Gerhart, driving for his own team, Bobby Gerhart Racing, would take home the victory, after dominating a majority of the race, leading 51 laps. This was Gerhart's 7th career ARCA Racing Series win, his sixth at Daytona, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Mark Thompson and John Wes Townley, both driving for Venturini Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 20 of the 2010 ARCA Racing Series | |||
| Date | February 6, 2010 | ||
| Official name | 49th Annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 200 mi (321.868 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 80 laps, 200 mi (321.868 km) | ||
| Weather | Mainly clear skies, with temperatures reaching up to about 70 °F (21 °C), and wind gusts of up to about 35 miles per hour (56 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 109.706 mph (176.555 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Phoenix Racing | ||
| Time | 49.575 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Gerhart | Bobby Gerhart Racing | |
| Laps | 51 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 5 | Bobby Gerhart | Bobby Gerhart Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Speed | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, and Darrell Waltrip | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
This race was mostly known as the stock car debut for Danica Patrick, as she was making her transition from IndyCar to NASCAR. With Patrick entered into the race, it became the most viewed ARCA event in series history, with 2.4 million viewers tuning into the Speed Network. Along with Patrick, Nelson Piquet Jr., the former Formula 1 driver, would also make his debut into stock cars.
The race would also make more history, as six total female drivers were entered into the race (Alli Owens, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Jill George, Danica Patrick, Leilani Munter, and Milka Duno), the most in a single ARCA race.